diff --git a/hudi-spark/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/DataSourceUtils.java b/hudi-spark/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/DataSourceUtils.java
index 2cee24c17..d70cbf7d9 100644
--- a/hudi-spark/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/DataSourceUtils.java
+++ b/hudi-spark/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/DataSourceUtils.java
@@ -212,9 +212,6 @@ public class DataSourceUtils {
     hiveSyncConfig.usePreApacheInputFormat =
         props.getBoolean(DataSourceWriteOptions.HIVE_USE_PRE_APACHE_INPUT_FORMAT_OPT_KEY(),
             Boolean.valueOf(DataSourceWriteOptions.DEFAULT_USE_PRE_APACHE_INPUT_FORMAT_OPT_VAL()));
-    hiveSyncConfig.assumeDatePartitioning =
-        props.getBoolean(DataSourceWriteOptions.HIVE_ASSUME_DATE_PARTITION_OPT_KEY(),
-            Boolean.valueOf(DataSourceWriteOptions.DEFAULT_HIVE_ASSUME_DATE_PARTITION_OPT_VAL()));
     hiveSyncConfig.databaseName = props.getString(DataSourceWriteOptions.HIVE_DATABASE_OPT_KEY(),
         DataSourceWriteOptions.DEFAULT_HIVE_DATABASE_OPT_VAL());
     hiveSyncConfig.tableName = props.getString(DataSourceWriteOptions.HIVE_TABLE_OPT_KEY());
diff --git a/hudi-spark/src/main/scala/org/apache/hudi/DataSourceOptions.scala b/hudi-spark/src/main/scala/org/apache/hudi/DataSourceOptions.scala
index b943a0e50..9330a2fd8 100644
--- a/hudi-spark/src/main/scala/org/apache/hudi/DataSourceOptions.scala
+++ b/hudi-spark/src/main/scala/org/apache/hudi/DataSourceOptions.scala
@@ -200,7 +200,6 @@ object DataSourceWriteOptions {
   val HIVE_URL_OPT_KEY = "hoodie.datasource.hive_sync.jdbcurl"
   val HIVE_PARTITION_FIELDS_OPT_KEY = "hoodie.datasource.hive_sync.partition_fields"
   val HIVE_PARTITION_EXTRACTOR_CLASS_OPT_KEY = "hoodie.datasource.hive_sync.partition_extractor_class"
-  val HIVE_ASSUME_DATE_PARTITION_OPT_KEY = "hoodie.datasource.hive_sync.assume_date_partitioning"
   val HIVE_USE_PRE_APACHE_INPUT_FORMAT_OPT_KEY = "hoodie.datasource.hive_sync.use_pre_apache_input_format"
 
   // DEFAULT FOR HIVE SPECIFIC CONFIGS
diff --git a/hudi-spark/src/main/scala/org/apache/hudi/HoodieSparkSqlWriter.scala b/hudi-spark/src/main/scala/org/apache/hudi/HoodieSparkSqlWriter.scala
index cc01c1399..b673d2510 100644
--- a/hudi-spark/src/main/scala/org/apache/hudi/HoodieSparkSqlWriter.scala
+++ b/hudi-spark/src/main/scala/org/apache/hudi/HoodieSparkSqlWriter.scala
@@ -211,7 +211,6 @@ private[hudi] object HoodieSparkSqlWriter {
       HIVE_URL_OPT_KEY -> DEFAULT_HIVE_URL_OPT_VAL,
       HIVE_PARTITION_FIELDS_OPT_KEY -> DEFAULT_HIVE_PARTITION_FIELDS_OPT_VAL,
       HIVE_PARTITION_EXTRACTOR_CLASS_OPT_KEY -> DEFAULT_HIVE_PARTITION_EXTRACTOR_CLASS_OPT_VAL,
-      HIVE_ASSUME_DATE_PARTITION_OPT_KEY -> DEFAULT_HIVE_ASSUME_DATE_PARTITION_OPT_VAL,
       HIVE_STYLE_PARTITIONING_OPT_KEY -> DEFAULT_HIVE_STYLE_PARTITIONING_OPT_VAL
     ) ++ parameters
   }
@@ -235,8 +234,6 @@ private[hudi] object HoodieSparkSqlWriter {
     hiveSyncConfig.basePath = basePath.toString
     hiveSyncConfig.usePreApacheInputFormat =
       parameters.get(HIVE_USE_PRE_APACHE_INPUT_FORMAT_OPT_KEY).exists(r => r.toBoolean)
-    hiveSyncConfig.assumeDatePartitioning =
-      parameters.get(HIVE_ASSUME_DATE_PARTITION_OPT_KEY).exists(r => r.toBoolean)
     hiveSyncConfig.databaseName = parameters(HIVE_DATABASE_OPT_KEY)
     hiveSyncConfig.tableName = parameters(HIVE_TABLE_OPT_KEY)
     hiveSyncConfig.hiveUser = parameters(HIVE_USER_OPT_KEY)
diff --git a/hudi-utilities/src/test/java/org/apache/hudi/utilities/TestHoodieDeltaStreamer.java b/hudi-utilities/src/test/java/org/apache/hudi/utilities/TestHoodieDeltaStreamer.java
index 51e5b3cc5..8436416d3 100644
--- a/hudi-utilities/src/test/java/org/apache/hudi/utilities/TestHoodieDeltaStreamer.java
+++ b/hudi-utilities/src/test/java/org/apache/hudi/utilities/TestHoodieDeltaStreamer.java
@@ -113,7 +113,6 @@ public class TestHoodieDeltaStreamer extends UtilitiesTestBase {
     props.setProperty(DataSourceWriteOptions.HIVE_URL_OPT_KEY(), "jdbc:hive2://127.0.0.1:9999/");
     props.setProperty(DataSourceWriteOptions.HIVE_DATABASE_OPT_KEY(), "testdb1");
     props.setProperty(DataSourceWriteOptions.HIVE_TABLE_OPT_KEY(), "hive_trips");
-    props.setProperty(DataSourceWriteOptions.HIVE_ASSUME_DATE_PARTITION_OPT_KEY(), "false");
     props.setProperty(DataSourceWriteOptions.HIVE_PARTITION_FIELDS_OPT_KEY(), "datestr");
     props.setProperty(DataSourceWriteOptions.HIVE_PARTITION_EXTRACTOR_CLASS_OPT_KEY(),
         MultiPartKeysValueExtractor.class.getName());